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Show ! HUSBAND IS IN JAIL I HE WIFE IS J DIVORCED I In Judge N. J. Harris' division or Ihe district court this morning, a decree of divorce was granted to Mr? Louise Van Dyke Turner against J J Turner ou the grounds of failure , fjg to provide Mr Turner testified that her husband had failed to pro-Usk pro-Usk 'de ihe necessities of life for some u time past Mr. Turner is being held In the IHH county jaJ for forgery he havmc tu been bound ovir by Municipal .ludpe W. H Reeder In October on sixteen mHB counts, the allegations being that he j, forged his wUh'b name to certain or-L or-L ders for money which she had In the Ogden Savings bank as a safety de-I de-I posit- i ne amount inhin irom me oanK amounted to $4000 and wan drawn by Turner In sums rantfng from $50 to 11000 until the entire amount w;s exhausted. Mrs. Turner claimed that tjtik the signature to the orders for the money was a forgery and she de-manded de-manded her monev from the bank Ti t Turner was arrested and tuken to ' '' Jail, soon after hich Mrs Turner commenced divorce proceeding A No information has been filed m I against Turner and the district at- ) ' torney, J. C. Davis, says he will not file a charge against the man as thero is no evidence against him. He states that tomorrow he will file a gjgH statpmeDt ulih the district court explaining his position In Ihe mat- ta ,er' wnicn likely be the means of having the nn released The distrlc ey says that, lt& while Mrs. T laims the signa ture on the o be a forgery, yet ahi can1 fy In the cape ff without Turri.-r - nsenT and that l the man reft lertnlt her to go on the witness stand On the other hand, the attorney says, the attorney for the bank has been employed to defend Turner and he states that Lhe clerks of the bank, and the cashier will testify that the signature is not a forgery which would make It lm possible to get a conviction. He thinks the only thing to do is to drop the case and set aside the commit ment issued by the municipal court. oo |
